''Mmhmm'' is the fourth full-length studio album by American rock band

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, released on November 2, 2004, by

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and

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. This album includes their breakthrough singles "

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" and "

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" and also earned the group a Canadian Juno Award nomination for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year in 2006. It was certified

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in 2005 by the

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for sales in excess of 500,000 units in the United States and has sold over 800,000 copies in the US. It won the 2006 Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year at the

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Release

The album was the band's first on

; and bassist

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's last album with the band. In addition to being released on Capitol and

, ''Mmhmm'' was re-released on vinyl on Mono Vs Stereo. The re-release includes a song originally from

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, called "Apathetic Way to Be". The singles "

" and "

", both found on ''Mmhmm'', boosted Relient K's mainstream popularity. Although the song "High of 75" was never released to mainstream markets, it spent fifteen consecutive weeks in the CCM top ten. In February 2005, Relient K toured the Southern US states with Mae and

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. They appeared at

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festival in April 2005. In May and June 2005, the group supported

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on their co-headlining US tour. Between mid June and mid August, the group went on the 2005 edition of

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. "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" was released to radio on August 23. In October and November 2005, they embarked on a headlining US tour, with support from

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and Over It. Between February and April 2006, the group went on The Matt Hoopes Birthday Tour, with support from

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. Following this, they appeared at

festival.

Reception

''Mmhmm'' received generally positive reviews and earned the group a Canadian Juno Award nomination for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year in 2006. In 2005, ''Mmhmm'' was certified

by the

for sales in excess of 500,000 units in the United States. It has sold over 800,000 copies in the United States. In 2006, the album won a

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for Rock Album of the Year at the

. It was also nominated for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year. The songs "Be My Escape" and "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" received nominations as well.

Track listing

Personnel

Relient K *

Matt Thiessen Matthew Arnold Thiessen (born August 12, 1980) is a Canadian-born American musician known for being co-founder, lead singer, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for the rock band Relient K. With Relient K, he has released eight full-lengt ...

– lead vocals, acoustic piano, keyboards, guitars, percussion *

Matt Hoopes Matthew Ryan Hoopes is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Relient K. He has played lead guitar and provided backing vocals for Relient K since 1998 and is one of two constant members of the band, the other b ...

– backing vocals, guitars *

– bass *

Dave Douglas David or Dave Douglas may refer to: Entertainment * David Douglas (director) (born 1953), Canadian cinematographer, director and writer * Dave Douglas (trumpeter) (born 1963), American jazz trumpeter * Dave Douglas (drummer) (born 1979), American ...

– backing vocals, additional vocals (13), drums Additional personnel * Rob Roy Fingerhead –

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, additional guitars, percussion * Tony Lucido – bass * David Henry – cello * Chris Carmichael – viola, violin * David Bunton – additional vocals (4, 8, 13) * Kevin Kiehn – additional vocals (4) *

John Warne John Warne is an American musician who has been active since 1996. He is best known for being the bassist for the Christian rock band Relient K as well as being a founding member of the Christian punk band Ace Troubleshooter. His hometown is M ...

– additional vocals (7, 10) * John Davis – additional vocals (9, 14)

Production

* Joey Elwood – executive producer *

Toby McKeehan Kevin Michael McKeehan (born October 22, 1964), better known by his stage name TobyMac (styled tobyMac), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His road band is known as Diverse City. Widely regarded as one of the most ...

– executive producer *

Mark Lee Townsend Mark Lee Townsend is an American multi-instrumentalist and record producer best known as guitarist for the Christian rock band dc Talk and as the long-time producer for Christian rock band Relient K. Career Townsend's career started as a member ...

– producer, additional engineer * Matt Thiessen – producer * Joe Marlett – engineer * Michael Modesto – second engineer * Dave Salley – second engineer * J.R. McNeely – mixing (0, 1, 4, 5, 7-14) *

Tom Lord-Alge Tom Lord-Alge (born January 17, 1962) is an American music engineer and mixer. He began his career at Unique Recording in New York. Subsequently, he was the resident mixer at what used to be known as "South Beach Studios", located on the ground ...

– mixing (2, 3, 6) * Matt "Mat5t" Weeks – mix assistant (0, 1, 4, 5, 7-14) * Jim DeMain – mastering at Yes Master (Nashville, Tennessee) *

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– mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York) * Grant Harrison – A&R * Eddy Boer – creative direction * Greg Leppert – creative direction, design, illustration * Alabaster Arts – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

;Singles Christian radio-only singles: * "High of 75" * "I So Hate Consequences" * "Life After Death and Taxes (Failure II)"

Tenth anniversary

On December 9, 2014, the album was reissued for the tenth anniversary of the album's release. The reissue, ''Mmhmm10'' was available as a deluxe edition CD and a digital download, while a vinyl edition of the original album, that also included a copy of the deluxe CD, was also released. The band toured around the United States for the anniversary.

References

{{Authority control Relient K albums 2004 albums Capitol Records albums Gotee Records albums Albums produced by Mark Lee Townsend